AT CHRISTMAS time the families of soldiers fighting in World War One longed for a card from the front line to drop through their letterboxes.

As a result of this overproduction, many samples of embroidered cards still exist a hundred years later. (The Australian War Memorial alone has digitized 625 examples.) Australian War Memorial.

My first Christmas card from my Father, Bill Abbott. It reads ‘to my little Susan on her first Christmas, love from Daddy. 1944' It was received while he was serving over in India at the time ...

A glimpse of what life was like for soldiers on the front line over the festive season has been revealed in a display of historic Christmas cards. The iconic Regimental cards were sent home to the ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Claire White of BBC Scotland on behalf of Mary McClafferty and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands ...